he tried to take offense to water by building on water by taking the flexibility of the water of death creatively set them more efficient and more adaptable. the dutch have been taming the water and fighting the rising and falling times for centuries. so their lands is an artificial country we are live on the me from the sea level and what we did we built some dikes around it and we pumped water out so now we have a dry country but of course with climate change more sea level rise we can't keep everything dry so we now have to see what's the next next step in this fantastic machine because the netherlands. body of sea levels continue to rise the netherlands will be among the 1st countries that have to deal with the impact here we have to take a lot of effort to keep everything dry and i think what's about architects and other colleagues to learn from the dutch is that you never can sit still you have to to think of the next next steps in your ear city in your country and we call this building for change and building for change makes it's that we have to be flexible we have to be ready

we need intelligent water meters and digital water management while. the asian i'd also like to see new personnel trained as all thor's he's in the sector. will do just. so we need to promote development and research it's about raising people's awareness what's above all is about training. going to the g.i.c. development agency advises farmers and has set up what it calls water forums constructive strategies are developed there and farmers can discuss together which plants they would grow that would use less water. wachter annoyance if you have a really unusual situation in the region we're in now is probably. just basically no ground water left because too much of it has been used up over the years. so the farmers are now having to resort to stored water. the farmers get their water from this embankment dam it supplies more than half a 1000000 people in tunisia but as water levels decline it's being pumped further and further across the country and that has a direct impact on the people here for the past 4 years there's been far too little rain. or. a

strategy for transporting water strategy for the regions where there's only rain water. on a strategy for using less water in general. to people of need to understand that they need to use water much more efficiently than they've been doing so far. pressure is mounting even on the farmers who didn't think they had to worry about their water supply like sharif show how easy in some places water is actually being stolen. that. the groundwater has already fallen considerably. the ministry carries out i knew assessments and it's continuing to fall. on top of that there are 35 illegal wells in this area alone. 4 wells were built with her mission. it's a really terrible situation. there are an estimated 20000 illegal wells in tunisia that's why raising awareness of the problem is so important. if nothing changes farmers and their animals will no longer be able to survive in these mountains. and then the region might soon become. habited. ringback ready and now going to leave the living rooms we check out a rather unusual home believes. hello welcome my name is a nice way here

that water vapor then condenses yielding distilled water the salt solution is also used as a coolant during the condensation phase. this eliminates the need for a separate cooling system and helps reduce costs. and has applied for a patent for this invention. on top of the container is the absorber unit it brings the salt solution into contact with the air. as if it is us you can hear the salt solution being talked into the young it then it flows down through this corrugated cardboard. when you have an idea on how to improve the process and reduce costs it makes you happy as an engineer and entrepreneur. are awful. next the fan in the absorber unit is switched on. as are you can you can feel hear how the fan is pulling add into the unit. the system is powered by the sun one square meter of solar panels yields around 3 liters of drinking water a day. or systems are designed to be installed on rooftops that cost about $1600.00 euros for a 4 person household. as in the business aspect isn't our primary goal we wanted to invent a system to. divide water in arid regions using more people

the water needs minerals but that easy to act by sending the water through a mineral cartridge that you can drink it or not uncommon this one about. it's an essential life force but too much of it is also dangerous floods and storm surges are among the consequences of climate change. its temperature. rises by 2 degrees celsius 360000000 people could be affected by floods. rising sea levels are a threat to asia's large coastal cities mega cities that are home to millions. this is a buddhist temple one of many across thailand. what sets what can somewhat chin apart is that it's now out at sea the coastline has receded a kilometer over the past half century. the average some look at takes us on a tour. there used to be a school over there where the water tank is now alive but everybody looked at nobody thought about prevention or a solution. of the erosion of the land has a number of causes human activity storms and the rising sea level the other tells us they're experiencing climate change directly here and he's amazed by the indifference he encounters how dire nobody shows any interest w

give me about water because i didn't have any they went to water but my clients want that water all the time so the water varies between 2 ways it's either to chlorinate it or it smells like sewage and so all the pipes leak right so the gas had their socks around the leaky pipes and so brand. they know not to drink the water if the sox are why they know koreans in the water we can wash our clothes and that if you don't enter into water you're going to drink it at that time if there is a border notice in the area you guys will get by the water there are still forced to drink that water they take their medication what water that smells like sewage they take medication in water that visibly if you put it in a cup and they think as well take it that they let the water sit and they let all the soil and all of the particles go to the bottom and then they just drink the water that is clarified on top. conditions at parchin have been this way. behind me is the mississippi state penitentiary known locally as parchment prison where an astounding 9 individuals have died in the past month alone

the state stopped giving away bottled water two years ago, because it said the water is safe.sandra jones relies on donations of water. what's it been like? >> larry marshall: it's been kind of hard. >> alfonsi: larry marshall was second in line. the widowed father of four got here at 5:00 a.m. he's been waiting five hours for water. >> marshall: water should be a basic necessity that-- we shouldn't have to wait or stand in this is not a third world country. but we're living like one. >> alfonsi: marshall, like many in flint, still refuses to drink tap water. and if they come to you, the city or the state, and they say, "your drinking water's safe," are you going to believe them? >> marshall: no. they lie so much and we know they lie, and i-- when they say something, it's like-- talking to the wind, you know. i don't believe nothing they say. none of the politicians. none of them. >> alfonsi: flint, once a prosperous hub of the american auto industry, was nearly bankrupt back in 2014. officials hoped to save money by switching the city water source from the great lakes to the

that water and bank the ground water for future dry years. we also have other sources that include imported supplies primarily through the belly water district, state water project and one from our member agencies. this is a developing picture where we're seeing an increased development of new supplies interestingly enough the recycled water supply. the region has been subject to several extended droughts. this graphic shows total demand over time from 1975 to 2018-2019. we see 25% less water use today period to 1987 despite a 32% population increase. this has been an interesting trend to continue to watch. as evident you can see the drought years the past years demand goes down and demand goes down but there's been rebounds but the last several years have been unique that our droughts are followed by other precipitating events that impact demand. it makes understanding the numbers and what they mean for our future projections that much more interesting and important to figure out. one of the other things we look at is per capita. this graphi

water has become a luxury.d fewer farmers here have enough of it. >> for many people around the world, it's easy to imagine an unending supply of water. not so here. tunisian farmer, cherif chehaibi, needs a lot of water to irrigate his olive groves and vegetables, so he has three cisterns to collect rainwater. he takes pride in his work. he owns 90 hectares of land, which is a lot for the kairouan region. he's never been short on water before. >> we can pump six liters per second onto the fields. in summer, thehe system runs fr 16 to 17 hours a dayay. we use less water in the cooler winter months. there's still enough rain. and with our well, we always have enough water. >> not everyone's situation is as comomfortable. just 10 kilometers away, beyond these mountains, life is much harder. most families here have to walk several kilometers to the nearest water source, several times a day. rjab zaghdoudi needs 250 liters of water every day just for his animals and fields. he needs an additional 40 liters for hims

then the water box is filled up with water. with its own little individual water tank each plant has a better chance of surviving. the people here desperately hope that these trees will act as a barrier to hold back the desert. it's their last ditch attempt to defend their fields and gardens against the sahara. just a few kilometers away are the deans of x. a garda they are the highest in morocco and attract many tourists. useful though they may be these growing genes are also a force of nature to be reckoned with. playing than to swallow a few 1000000000 and with the premise of a song going on we have the most beautiful sand dunes here and. they have become a big tourist attraction if you report that helped us when things started going downhill with the land. you see fast the desert is both a friend and an enemy it's rich but fragile at the same touch the fragile move of. finding the right balance is crucial pulling still holds out hope that humans and the deficit can continue to co-exist. play . golf india. coming. to india t

pressure fire-fighting water system. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call the public comment number, it is 415 to enter the queue to speak. >> colleagues, much has happened since this item was last before us. so nothing has happened or removed or substantially reduced the risk of city faces in the event of a catastrophic fire caused by earthquake or otherwise. as we're reminded by the fact we're conducting this hearing remotely due to historic pandemic, disasters or unexpected are not only possible but ininevitable. we're holding this hearing today because it's better to expect them, anticipate them and do all in our power to prepare for them. since we last heard the item and gave our responses to the civil grand jury on the recommendation, i authored an additional resolution on the topic that was enacted on november 27 of last year. among other things, resolution 484-19 urged the department of emergency management, sfpuc, the fire department to provide consolidated report to

have any they went to water but my clients want that water out of the water barriers between 2 ways it's either to chlorinate it or it smells like sewage and so all the pipes leak right so the gas had their socks around the leaky pipes and so if that's not so brown. they know not to drink the water if the socks are why they know chlorine is in the water we can wash our clothes and if you don't drink the water you're going to drink it at that time if there is a boil water notice in the area the gas will get by the water they're still forced to drink that water they take their medication what water that smells like they take medication in water that visibly if you put it in a cup and they have the gas will take it they let the water sit and they let all the. particles go to the bottom and then they just drink the water. conditions at parchin have been this way for. behind me is the mississippi state penitentiary known locally as parchment prison where an astounding 9 individuals have died in the past month alone since the start of the new year reports of everything from fights and fir

as water minister reveals his country has started filling the controversial grand renaissance down on the blue nile. and i'm about to send this is all to see a live from doha also coming up. a chance to deescalate. this is what we're working for and this is what. many as foreign ministers as international mediators are attempting to find a truce after 3 days of deadly clashes with. the warring sides in libya's conflict in strange prisoners for the 2nd time since 1 o'clock for half dog began his assault on tripoli. european coincides with apple in a setback to e.u.'s votes to crack down on tax deals favoring the multinationals. if you will be a has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega on the blue nile that's according to the country's water minister egypt and sudan had requested the grander nacelles dam not be filled until an agreement is reached there's been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce water supplies to downstream countries if you opiah has said the dam is crucial for its growth i will begin filling it during thi

the bill cuts funding for water storage projects, blocks a critical water storage project in california, and unnecessarily delays the use of previously appropriated funds for other water storage projects. republicans, in fact i think every republican from the california delegation, filed multiple amendments to correct these problems. but none of them were made in order. even a simple amendment to highlight the importance of funding for water storage projects was left out of the rule. in fact, every other energy and water amendment that followed the same format was made in order and will be an en bloc amendments expected to be adopted. yet the majority refused to allow the full house to even consider, to even debate these critical western water storage issues. one bipartisan priority of great importance to me is the department of energy's nuclear energy program. while the bill addresses several priority activities within the program, overall funding for the program is not reflective of its importance to the nation and global energy future. the committee report repeatedly expresses the ma

rising waters behind the renaissance dam and ethiopia threatened water shortages downstream in egypt and sudan the breakdown in talks between the 3 countries lead to world war over the night. and india's migrant workers who left their jobs in the cities to flee the coronavirus now back at home they risk slipping into crushing debt so that they can simply feed their families. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today antiproton protests in the russian capital moscow have ended with more than 100 arrests demonstrators have gathered to collect signatures against changes to the constitution passed earlier this month police moved in quickly and put an end to the gathering. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up protesters people took to the streets to protest the outcome of a recent referendum on constitutional reforms that allowed president putin to govern for another 16 years. we do not accept the results of the constitutional reforms vote we believe it was all raked we are against the crackdown on

centerpiece of ethiopia's bid to become africa's biggest power exporter age of 10 so don fear reduced water supplies downstream and didn't want the river downed until they reach an agreement with the last month egypt's told the u.n. that it faces an existential threat from the da cha stratford reports on the complex regional politics surrounding the project. it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 ethiopia's flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start the government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which has a population of around 108000000 the country plans to export electricity across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. but egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat egypt does hav

boxes filled with plenty of water the hope is that this method will give the new tree a natural water tank and a better chance of survival trees and bushes as a barrier this is one way that the last for a toe field will be defended against the. sea when this is an alarm bell for the rest of the world soon they'll be nothing left here the desert is quickly taken over our oases was he's. not far from the village is the largest sandy desert in morocco eric to gaga it's a popular tourist destination. but the my she sand dunes are also a warning because their growth is not slowing. the devastation that halim is fighting against continues. that's it for this week's episode of global 3000 white house at global 3000 a d w dot com and check us out on facebook at your global ideals at d w women until the. bye bye. to. enter the conflict zone in these extraordinary times we decided to take the opportunity to focus on the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on human rights around the world there are reports of invasive surveillance authoritarian power grabs my guest is the head of huma

release a lot of water by the from behind dam and should there be a reduction in the amount of water that is flowing into the lake the size of the lake is likely to significantly reduce and that would have an impact on the livelihoods of people who are living here in the health and fishing and farming on the on the shores of lake so lots of concerns by sudan of course and also concerns by egypt over how much water it would be receiving especially because more than 1000 percent of its population relies on the nile for fresh water to get any guarantees of from ethiopia that feeling of the down will not will not affect the amount of water that is flowing downstream. airstrikes in northern yemen have killed at least 24 civilians including children and that's according to who see medical sources a saudi emirati coalition aircraft reportedly hit several homes in the at hasn't district while a wedding was taking place at least 7 others who are believed to be injured it is the 3rd such incident since june as violence as resurges in the war damaged country last month an airstrike killed at le

maintained when it came to disputes with the territorial waters and claims china has made in the waterst this really needed to be resolved at u.s.-backed arbitration. this is a departure from that standpoint. the u.s. secretary of state coming up strong, accusing china of bullying and being unlawful in their claims and making clear the united states is standing with their southeast asian partners in terms of moving forward, that they have been concerned for some time about what they call china's increasing assertiveness and have completely rejected the claims. this is something we expected but what we see is a tit for tat that has been going on for days. we heard from the national security advisor as late as late last week saying we could expect tough action toward china. it is clear this is the intention of the administration to send a very strong message. barbara: earlier i spoke wave china analyst who says beijing is feeding tension in the region. >> i believe we have a tipping point because the united states and a lot of other countries are deciding they are not going to ignore acce

under the clean water act.overnors, governors from both parties all across the country have denounced epa's effort to undermine their ability to protect the rivers, there lakes and streams and other bodies of water within their states. fourth, excuse me, third, the bill contains a provision that simply asked the administration to raise the money promised compiling gas sales in the arctic wildlife refuge. well, they use that oil and gas sale to balance their tax bill. and so for three years they have told us they will raise $1 billion. this bill simply says okay, raise the $1 billion. how is that objectionable? the bill includes a provision to protect the tongass wild national -- the tongass national forest from rural development that would make the impact wildlife, fishing and recreation and the water. i will speak to the rainy river watershed. it is most unfortunate that the gentleman thinks that i should not have an opinion on a national wildlife refuge or a national park or a national wilderness area. my obj

and we make sure we supply goods that use less water to. climate change means hotter drier summers that could reduce supplies by 15 percent the population is growing and with a greater demand for the way we handle is leading to shortfalls with the report blaming the water companies for failing to reduce leaks and when m.p.'s talk about leaks they don't mean the occasional dripping tap they mean the loss of 3000000000 liters of treated water every single day that's a 5th of the entire country's daily consumption loss because of creaking pipes and aging infrastructure that's 2 and a half times the amount of water that see in this reservoir in north east london providing parts of the capital with drinking water the same as almost a 1000 olympic sized swimming pools m.p.'s now want a list of worst offending water companies to pressure them into plugging the problem the organization representing the companies responded to the report saying that leakage is a top priority and the progress has been made with leakage down 7 percent since records beg